We are all budding scientists, asking questions about the world, a process that started in early childhood, but that many of us unfortunately had trained out of us by well-intentioned but impatient parents, teachers, and older siblings. We are all budding music therapists, too. Most people in the world today use music in some medicinal fashion, and most people know what music to reach for when they want to maintain or alter their mood state (which is, neuroscientifically speaking, a brain state). We know what combination of sound waves will change our brain waves.

